DC United hit back to beat Orlando City

May 14, 2015 at 1am UK

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DC United come from behind to reach the top of the Eastern Conference with a 2-1 win over Orlando City.

Published: May 14 2015 | 03:01

Last updated: May 14 2015 | 13:12

DC United scored twice in nine second-half minutes to climb to the top of the Eastern Conference with a 2-1 victory over Orlando City.

It was Orlando who made the perfect start at the RFK Memorial Stadium as Cyle Larin capitalised on hesitancy in the DC defence to fire home after the hosts failed to clear a corner.

Despite the bright start to the match, chances were difficult to come by throughout the first half, and Orlando only came close to doubling their lead when Kaka curled a free kick straight at Bill Hamid.

The story of the second half was much different as DC piled the pressure on, and they twice came close to an equaliser when Sean Franklin headed wide and Davy Arnaud just missed the target with a long-range strike.

Orlando threatened to add to their early goal, but it was the home side who struck with 20 minutes remaining when Kofi Opare found the space to convert from Taylor Kemp's free kick.

The visitors were stunned by the setback, and another extended spell of pressure from DC handed them the advantage when Jairo Arrieta picked out Chris Rolfe, whose volley left Donovan Ricketts helpless.

Orlando pushed for a late equaliser, but they were unable to hit back and remain seventh in the Eastern Conference.

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Eastern Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Inter Miami Inter Miami	34	22	8	4	79	49	30	74
2	Columbus Crew	34	19	9	6	72	40	32	66
3	FC Cincinnati Cincinnati	34	18	5	11	58	48	10	59
4	Orlando City	34	15	7	12	59	50	9	52
5	Charlotte FC Charlotte FC	34	14	9	11	46	37	9	51
6	New York City FC NY City	34	14	8	12	54	49	5	50
7	New York Red Bulls NY Red Bulls	34	11	14	9	55	50	5	47
8	CF Montreal Montreal	34	11	10	13	48	64	-16	43
9	Atlanta United Atlanta	34	10	10	14	46	49	-3	40
10	DC United	34	10	10	14	52	70	-18	40
11	Philadelphia Union Philadelphia	34	9	10	15	62	55	7	37
12	Toronto	34	11	4	19	40	61	-21	37
13	Nashville SC Nashville	34	9	9	16	38	54	-16	36
14	New England Revolution New England	34	9	4	21	37	74	-37	31
15	Chicago Fire	34	7	9	18	40	62	-22	30

Western Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Los Angeles FC Los Angeles	34	19	7	8	63	43	20	64
2	Los Angeles Galaxy LA Galaxy	34	19	7	8	69	50	19	64
3	Real Salt Lake Salt Lake	34	16	11	7	65	48	17	59
4	Seattle Sounders Seattle	34	16	9	9	51	35	16	57
5	Houston Dynamo Houston	34	15	9	10	47	39	8	54
6	Minnesota United Minnesota Utd	34	15	7	12	58	49	9	52
7	Colorado Rapids Colorado	34	15	5	14	61	60	1	50
8	Portland Timbers Portland	34	12	11	11	65	56	9	47
9	Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver	34	13	8	13	52	49	3	47
10	Austin FC Austin	34	11	9	14	39	48	-9	42
11	Dallas	34	11	8	15	54	56	-2	41
12	St Louis City	34	8	13	13	50	63	-13	37
13	Sporting Kansas City Kansas	34	8	7	19	51	66	-15	31
14	San Jose Earthquakes Earthquakes	34	6	3	25	41	78	-37	21